Joan Morgan | |
|---|---|
 Morgan in 1917 | |
| Born | 1 February 1905 |
| Died | 22 July 2004 (aged 99) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Writer |
| Years active | 1914–1948 (film) |
Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist.[1][2]
Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn.[3] Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK in 2004.[3]
She became a leading British star of the 1920s, after appearing in a number of films directed by her father. Her acting career was effectively ended by the arrival of sound film in 1929 and she switched to writing, working on a number of screenplays over the following decade. She also wrote for television.
She wrote novels under her own name and through using the pen-names Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood.[2]
- ^ "Profile". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b Mutti-Mewse, Howard (31 July 2004). "Obituary: Joan Morgan". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Morgan, Joan (1905–2004)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)